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(Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9428 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2014-09-29 00:00:00 2014-10-01 16:19:39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9428 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: body elongate, very slender and cylindrical, its depth comprised over 8 times in standard length; head short and deep, its length over 5 times in standard length; dorsal-fin origin usually above or slightly behind pelvic-fin insertions; caudal peduncle length over twice its depth; anal fin with 7 or more branched rays; caudal fin with 6 + 7 principal rays (Ref. 57128).Description: eyes small and wide-spaced, positioned far forwards; snout quadrangular; mouth broad and subterminal, lips slightly fleshy; barbels long and filamentous, reaching to pectoral-fin bases; branchiostegal membrane divided by a deep ventral notch; head fleshy, cheeks swollen, the lower-jaw muscles running before and behind eye to their insertion points on top of head; dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins short and rounded, their largest simple ray very small and flexible; anal fin rather large; adipose fin elongate, low and confluent with caudal fin; lateral line interrupted (Ref. 57128).Coloration: pale brown above, lighter on belly; small, dark brown spots irregularly scattered over back; usually a black spot on caudal-fin base and a black bar across upper half of caudal fin (Ref. 57128). Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Morphology-9428 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2014-09-29 00:00:00 2014-10-01 16:19:39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9428 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12 Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Distribution-9428 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2014-09-29 21:01:50 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9428 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Africa: rivers Du and St. Paul, near the coastline in Liberia (Ref. 57128). Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Size-9428 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9428 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 5.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 57128)) Skelton, P.H., L.M. Risch and D. Paugy 2003 Amphiliidae. p. 117-143 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57128) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-9428 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-04-16 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9428 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; freshwater